Sports

Here are the Ellsworth results from this past weekend’s state track competition at Wichita: • Boys 4 x 400m Relay 7th place: 3:35.27 Luke Sharp, Joshua Rodriguez Riley Stone, Trey Anderson. • 200m 11th place: Trey Anderson 23.32. • 4 x 100m Relay 15th place: 54.

Here are the Central Plains High School results from this past weekend’s state track competition at Wichita: The girl’s 4x400 relay took 3rd in state with a time of 4:20.65. Team members are seniors Monica Short, Callie Zink and Jennah Jeffery, and sophomore Brynna Hammeke.

Central Plains will send more than a half-dozen athletes to state track this weekend at Wichita. The girls that qualified for the state track meet: • Sophomore Brynna Hammeke, 1st, in the high jump. She cleared 5’5”. Her times were 1:01.18 in the 400m Dash, 3rd, and 27.41 in the 200m Dash, 4th.

Several Ellsworth Bearcats qualified for state in three events during regional competition May 21 at Beloit. Leading the way was senior Trey Anderson, who qualified in all three events, including a 1st place in the 200m Dash.

Track competitor from Ellsworth and Central Plains brought home a dozen first place medals between them following league meets at Beloit and LaCrosse.

• The Lady ‘Cats Softball Team defeated Sylvan/ Lucas/Lincoln Monday night in the first round of the high school regional at Larned. The score was 10-1. • The Bearcat Boys Baseball Team fell in the first round of regional competition Monday night at Ellsworth. Hoisington defeated Ellsworth 6-2.

The Ellsworth Tennis Team, at left, took 2nd this past weekend at 3-2-1A regionals at Sacred Heart High School, Salina. The No. 1 doubles team of Brendan Anderson and Adam Vehring placed second. The No. 2 doubles team of Chase Bourbon and Jaret Brungardt placed sixth.

The Ellsworth Golf Team took first place with a team score of 366 in the May 6 Ellsworth invitational. Freshman Will Cravens placed 3rd individually with an 85, and senior Avery Haxton placed 5th individually with an 87. Courtesy Photo

Bearcats Trey Anderson an Kylan Turnipseed brought home first place medals May 7 from the Ellinwood Invitational. Anderson ran in the 200m dash; Tunipseed competed in the javelin throw. Women’s Results 100m Dash — 3rd Shaylee Leiker 13.04 100m Hurdles — 4th Braeden Sheridan 20.

Ellsworth freshman Kylan Turnipseed set a school record for javelin throwing April 30 at the Beloit Relays. She sent the javelin 116 feet, earning her a second place overall. “We just got the new javelin she set the record with on Wednesday so she really has only thrown it a handful of times.